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Lloyd’s Honors Edwards of HRH, Eyre of Towers Perrin

Mar 1 2006 // Lloyd’s announced that it has honored Garry Edwards of Hilb Rogal & Hobbs as U.S. Surplus Lines Broker of the Year and William H. Eyre, Jr. of Towers Perrin as Reinsurance Broker of the Year, “for their...

Lloyd’s Solidifies Global Commercial Specialist Presence

Feb 27 2006 // In a recently issued bulletin Lloyd’s said it has “reaffirmed its position as the world’s leading specialist insurer with new figures that reveal the global spread of its business in...

Lloyd’s Underwriter Survey; ‘Cycle’ Remains Primary Concern

Feb 22 2006 // According to Lloyd’s newly released annual underwriter survey, “managing the insurance cycle as the most important challenge facing the global industry for the second year running.” The survey also found...

Council of Lloyd’s Notes Appointments

Feb 15 2006 // At its meeting today, Feb. 15, the Council of Lloyd’s announced the following appointments: – Lord Levene was re-appointed as Chairman of Lloyd’s; – Bronek Masojada, Chief Executive of Hiscox, was...

Lloyd’s Targets ‘Piracy Hot Spots’

Feb 8 2006 // The Piracy Reporting Centre at the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has issued a new report that identifies a number of “piracy hot spots” that have “emerged over the past 12 months” where...

Best Affirms FSR for Lloyd’s Syndicate 958; Outlook Remains Stable

Feb 7 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the Best’s Syndicate Rating of A (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a+” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 958 (United Kingdom). The outlook for both ratings remains...

Lloyd’s disconnects troubled Kinnect technology

Feb 6 2006 // Ultimately “all the King’s horses and all the King’s men” couldn’t put Kinnect together again. The King’s men in this case being the management of Lloyd’s, who have finally thrown...

Lloyd’s disconnects troubled Kinnect technology

Feb 5 2006 // Ultimately “all the King’s horses and all the King’s men” couldn’t put Kinnect together again. The King’s men in this case being the management of Lloyd’s, who have finally thrown...

Lloyd’s to Sue Aon, Benfield Over Central Fund Policy

Feb 3 2006 // Lloyd’s is on the verge of initiating formal legal proceedings against two of its largest brokers, Aon and Benfield, over the Central Fund reinsurance policy they negotiated with a group of six insurers in 1999. The...

Lloyd’s Faraday Announces Underwriting Appointments

Feb 2 2006 // Faraday Group, the broker-focused Lloyd’s managing agent and London-based reinsurance group, announced the approval of the appointments of Mark Rayner and Paul Ceurvorst as joint Chief Underwriting Officer and Active...

Best Assigns ‘A’ Ratings to SVB’s Lloyd’s Syndicates 2147 & 1007

Feb 1 2006 // In two separate announcements A.M. Best Co. said it has assigned a Best’s Syndicate Rating of “A” (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” to Lloyd’s Syndicate 2147 and...

Brit’s Douetil to Head Lloyd’s Market Reform Group

Jan 30 2006 // Lloyd’s announced that Dane Douetil, Chief Executive of Brit Insurance Holdings PLC, has been appointed as the new head of the Market Reform Group (MRG), the body responsible for process reform and modernization in...

Lloyd’s Leaders Participate in Davos Panel Discussion on Global Risks

Jan 27 2006 // The Lloyd’s delegation, currently attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, will be part of a panel discussion examining one of the “three main themes of the event -” the rise in global...

Lloyd’s Comments on Cat Models

Jan 26 2006 // “Catastrophe models are useful, but have their limits,” says a comment on the Lloyd’s Web site (www.lloyds.com). “That is the lesson learnt by the insurance industry following last year’s...

RI3K Head Warns Lloyd’s of Need to Reform to Survive

Jan 26 2006 // In a speech to the Insurance Institute of London yesterday, Jan. 25, Alex Letts, the Chief Executive of RI3K Ltd. – the London-based provider of platform technology infrastructure for the reinsurance industry,...

Lloyd’s Announces Governing Council Election Results

Jan 24 2006 //

Lloyd’s Shuts Kinnect

Jan 24 2006 // Ultimately “all the King’s horses and all the King’s Men” couldn’t put Kinnect together again. The King’s men in this case being the management of Lloyd’s, who have finally thrown...

A seriously shaken reinsurance industry rebuilds

Jan 23 2006 // Although Katrina is long gone, the clouds of misfortune she and her sisters generated will linger for decades. They radiate well beyond Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and other regions into the heart of...

New entrants join race for surplus lines share

Jan 23 2006 // XL, Rockhill and GMAC RE jockey for market share with established surplus lines writers Katrina-sized catastrophes put added pressure on admitted carriers, which increases the demand for greater capacity in excess and...

Reinsurance Outlook

Jan 22 2006 // Although Katrina is long gone, the clouds of misfortune she and her sisters generated will linger for decades. They radiate well beyond Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and other regions into the heart of...